and success—the heartset, mindset, and skillset of your people.
At Subtle Distinctions, we believe successful companies balance purpose and profit.
That’s why we help individuals, business leaders, and their teams make thoughtful decisions that generate intentional impact.
Our integrative coaching framework and expertise provide clear, accurate, and candid real-time information that enables decision makers to direct the destiny of their businesses. Of the many issues present in any scaling company, the top three we specialize in are:
Dysfunctional Teams
Communication within and between teams is at times dysfunctional, and you struggle to maintain a positive mindset among your leadership team.
Wasted Resources
Lost time, money, energy, effort, and focus are an ongoing concern, and you know better communication and a healthier culture is the answer.
Unmet Outcomes
You've articulated a vision for the company but haven’t found a way to integrate your mission and values into the fabric of daily operations and decision making.
Our Inside Out
Integrative Coaching Process
We Focus on YOUby Paying Attention to
Self-Awareness
Self-Care
Personal Transformation
We Focus the TEAMby Cultivating
Leadership Presence
Team Dynamics
Cultural Integrity
We Focus on Increasing IMPACTthrough
Better Decision Making
Exceeding Your Goals
Contributing Meaningfully to the World
Make Great Decisions and Direct the Destiny of Your Business
Get to the Truth
Get clear and accurate information to unleash your team and leave
no word unspoken and no business unfinished.
A Holistic Framework
Understand and synthesize the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual aspects of your team so there is no limit to what you can accomplish. Our Inside Out Approach holistically addresses each of these core facets.
Real-Time Assessments
Uncover and process what’s happening in your business in real time so you can transform your teams’ dynamics and generate consistent outcomes.
Accountability Metrics
Create repeatable, lasting systems and structure. Our comprehensive reports, recorded videos, and accountability metrics will guide you through the process.
"Our Business Is Not Just What We Do: It’s Who We Are."
Competency and caring don’t just happen. They are cultivated through years of in-the-trenches experience and deep, intentional practice.
James Linwood Paul and Matt D’Amour’s collective 40+ years of coaching expertise, entrepreneurial know-how, and deep personal inner work transform individuals and team members into the thoughtful and courageous leaders they long to be.
Linwood is an expert executive coach and facilitator, with over thirty years of rich and varied experience in individual development, team dynamics, and organizational change. He specializes in delivering "experience-based" leadership development programs and one-on-one executive coaching.
Matt D’Amour
As an entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in the personal growth and natural food industry, Matt is a visionary on a mission to improve the lives of others. He is passionate about supporting and growing mission-based companies and creating more goodness in the world.
Steps to Drive Your Business Forward
Schedule a call with us.
We are always mindful of your time.
Share the concerns and desired outcomes that really matter to you.
Co-create a comprehensive, customized plan.
Unify your team and direct the destiny of your business.
For approximately eight years, we have hired Subtle Distinctions to deliver team building and team assessment training to several thousand of our supervisors who serve hundreds of our leadership teams. Here at Farmers, Subtle Distinctions has been a top performing vendor, and has in every Claims Leadership Development session provided us with more than expected. They are wonderfully professional and a rare find.
William Houglum
FARMERS INSURANCE
Claims Leadership Training & Development Manager
LINC's work with Subtle Distinctions has created pathways for individual and team vitality amid rapid growth and the inevitable challenges of a startup culture. Linwood and Matt have provided our team with the critical tools needed to thrive as we evolve. So much of what we have been able to accomplish has been fueled by the positive culture and mindset work we have done together.
Tiffany Wycoff
LINC LEARNING INNOVATIONS
Co-Founder Chief Innovation Officer
Linwood and Matt design breathtaking events that help people grasp profound things – about themselves, their relationships, and the nature of true teamwork. They balance bold challenges and courageous conversations with deep presence, and their process facilitates powerful openings for even the most reserved participants. I highly recommend their work!
Cindy Marteney
THE MARTENEY GROUP
Executive Leadership Coach
5 Crucial Questions
Choosing to engage and invest in a coaching relationship could be one of the most powerful and transformative moves you can make for yourself and your business.
To make the best decisions possible, it is vital that you approach the process with as much awareness, preparation, and information as you can gather.
